UGANDA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS CLAIM THEY WERE RAPED BY POLICE IN CELLS AFTER ANT-GRAFT CORRUPTION ARRESTS
August 8th, 2024
University students, politicians and human rights activists in Uganda have condemned the alleged rape, including sodomisation, of 20 university students recently arrested over demonstrating against alleged rampant corruption in the country.
They are collectively calling on Uganda’s government and judicial authorities to thoroughly investigate the allegations that female and male students were raped by police officers while held in police cells.
Uganda’s shadow minister for internal affairs, Betty Nambooze, of the opposition National Unity Platform, told UWN ...
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